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Mikeyplum said:
V8mate said:
Mikeyplum said:
torqueofthedevil said:
Why is there pressure dials in some tube carriages? I think they in bar. Go from 0 when moving to about 3 or 4 when doors open. When the doors shut but before moving they drop to 0. You can't really feel any change in pressure and I'm pretty sure the carriages aren't depressurised mechanically.
Would it not be the gauge for the air pressure in the system to operate the opening and closing of the doors? Seems the simplest explination really. 
V8mate said:
Mikeyplum said:
V8mate said:
Mikeyplum said:
torqueofthedevil said:
Why is there pressure dials in some tube carriages? I think they in bar. Go from 0 when moving to about 3 or 4 when doors open. When the doors shut but before moving they drop to 0. You can't really feel any change in pressure and I'm pretty sure the carriages aren't depressurised mechanically.
Would it not be the gauge for the air pressure in the system to operate the opening and closing of the doors? Seems the simplest explination really. 
V8mate said:
JonnyFive said:
Why do trains do their, 'Bee boorr' noise?
Do they do it for a reason or do they do it to bib morning at their mates?
It's a horn, for use just like the horn on your car: to warn of their approach.Do they do it for a reason or do they do it to bib morning at their mates?
Along any route, there will be places where the driver is obliged to sound his horn though, for example at unmanned pedestrian crossings.
Tyre Tread said:
V8mate said:
JonnyFive said:
Why do trains do their, 'Bee boorr' noise?
Do they do it for a reason or do they do it to bib morning at their mates?
It's a horn, for use just like the horn on your car: to warn of their approach.Do they do it for a reason or do they do it to bib morning at their mates?
Along any route, there will be places where the driver is obliged to sound his horn though, for example at unmanned pedestrian crossings.
RacingPete said:
Tyre Tread said:
V8mate said:
JonnyFive said:
Why do trains do their, 'Bee boorr' noise?
Do they do it for a reason or do they do it to bib morning at their mates?
It's a horn, for use just like the horn on your car: to warn of their approach.Do they do it for a reason or do they do it to bib morning at their mates?
Along any route, there will be places where the driver is obliged to sound his horn though, for example at unmanned pedestrian crossings.
Network Rail said "There is and has never been a right-of-way" so tough.
It's to do with these recent deaths and the s
t that hit the fan due to negligence etc.
Thing is those girls would have crossed that bit many, many times before so it's not like they were new to the area. Maybe that's why they got hit, complacency. Or they were just a tad thick.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-he... 15 year old girl
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047425/Te... another 15yo girl (Australia)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9051749/Rail-cross... Two girls, 13 and 15yo
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084355/Yo... 23yo woman
Quick google, it's all wimin and 15yo!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-he... 15 year old girl
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047425/Te... another 15yo girl (Australia)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9051749/Rail-cross... Two girls, 13 and 15yo
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084355/Yo... 23yo woman
Quick google, it's all wimin and 15yo!
Oli L said:
If someone is selling a motorbike and the buyer would like to take it for a test ride does the seller put faith in the potential buyer to take a test ride on his own and not ride off into the sunset on it or does the seller go pillion on the back of the bike with him?
Leave something of worth behind, like a car with the keys?Aizle said:
Oli L said:
If someone is selling a motorbike and the buyer would like to take it for a test ride does the seller put faith in the potential buyer to take a test ride on his own and not ride off into the sunset on it or does the seller go pillion on the back of the bike with him?
Leave something of worth behind, like a car with the keys?GTIR said:
Thing is those girls would have crossed that bit many, many times before so it's not like they were new to the area. Maybe that's why they got hit, complacency. Or they were just a tad thick.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-he... 15 year old girl
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047425/Te... another 15yo girl (Australia)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9051749/Rail-cross... Two girls, 13 and 15yo
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084355/Yo... 23yo woman
Quick google, it's all wimin and 15yo!
Sorry to hijack the thread but this is ridiculous(from the 3rd link down)http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-he... 15 year old girl
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047425/Te... another 15yo girl (Australia)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9051749/Rail-cross... Two girls, 13 and 15yo
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084355/Yo... 23yo woman
Quick google, it's all wimin and 15yo!
'The crossing's lights were flashing and alarms were sounding as the London to Cambridge train passed over the crossing – a warning for foot passengers not to cross.
But after the train passed, the lights remained on and the alarms continued to sound as another train, travelling from Birmingham to Stansted Airport in Essex, was going to pass through the station.
The girls mistakenly opened the unlocked wicket gates and walked on to the crossing and were struck by the second train.'
Ok so the alarms were sounding and the lights were flashing which means a train is coming yet the 2 girls decided they should ignore the warnings and walk out. How in the f
k is that National Rails fault. They died because they are stupid it's called natural selection. Live with it.DannyScene said:
Sorry to hijack the thread but this is ridiculous(from the 3rd link down)
'The crossing's lights were flashing and alarms were sounding as the London to Cambridge train passed over the crossing – a warning for foot passengers not to cross.
But after the train passed, the lights remained on and the alarms continued to sound as another train, travelling from Birmingham to Stansted Airport in Essex, was going to pass through the station.
The girls mistakenly opened the unlocked wicket gates and walked on to the crossing and were struck by the second train.'
Ok so the alarms were sounding and the lights were flashing which means a train is coming yet the 2 girls decided they should ignore the warnings and walk out. How in the fk is that National Rails fault. They died because they are stupid it's called natural selection. Live with it.
I'm glad someone else has pointed this out.. Because I thought this when I first read the article back when it came out.'The crossing's lights were flashing and alarms were sounding as the London to Cambridge train passed over the crossing – a warning for foot passengers not to cross.
But after the train passed, the lights remained on and the alarms continued to sound as another train, travelling from Birmingham to Stansted Airport in Essex, was going to pass through the station.
The girls mistakenly opened the unlocked wicket gates and walked on to the crossing and were struck by the second train.'
Ok so the alarms were sounding and the lights were flashing which means a train is coming yet the 2 girls decided they should ignore the warnings and walk out. How in the f
k is that National Rails fault. They died because they are stupid it's called natural selection. Live with it.These two f
k heads opened the gate and walked into a live train track, even though the lights and buzzers were on.. Yet Network Rail get the blame?! 
They get the blame because they studied the crossing and concluded that for it to be safe it needed a lockable gate.
They then proceeded NOT to install that gate.
Then when these children died they buried the report because had it come to light it would have shown them to be negligent for not following their own advice.
The report then came to light.
Hence guilty plea to negligence.
The guy you chaps have a beef with is the guy (who presumably worked for NR) who concluded that a lockable gate was needed and then put it in a report.
However, since a couple of kids died it might be argued that the guy who wrote that report was RIGHT!
They then proceeded NOT to install that gate.
Then when these children died they buried the report because had it come to light it would have shown them to be negligent for not following their own advice.
The report then came to light.
Hence guilty plea to negligence.
The guy you chaps have a beef with is the guy (who presumably worked for NR) who concluded that a lockable gate was needed and then put it in a report.
However, since a couple of kids died it might be argued that the guy who wrote that report was RIGHT!
walm said:
They get the blame because they studied the crossing and concluded that for it to be safe it needed a lockable gate.
They then proceeded NOT to install that gate.
Then when these children died they buried the report because had it come to light it would have shown them to be negligent for not following their own advice.
The report then came to light.
Hence guilty plea to negligence.
The guy you chaps have a beef with is the guy (who presumably worked for NR) who concluded that a lockable gate was needed and then put it in a report.
However, since a couple of kids died it might be argued that the guy who wrote that report was RIGHT!
Possibly but it doesn't detract from the fact that by common sense you would not walk onto a train track lockable gate or no gate at all if there are alarms blaring and lights flashing.They then proceeded NOT to install that gate.
Then when these children died they buried the report because had it come to light it would have shown them to be negligent for not following their own advice.
The report then came to light.
Hence guilty plea to negligence.
The guy you chaps have a beef with is the guy (who presumably worked for NR) who concluded that a lockable gate was needed and then put it in a report.
However, since a couple of kids died it might be argued that the guy who wrote that report was RIGHT!
I'll stand by my comment that the girls we're f
king idiots and in my eyes the fault is solely their own.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff